I have three Phaius orchids, all in bloom, so I thought it would be nice to compare them.

This is Phaius Dan Rosenberg "Tropical Ice"


The second is Phaius microburst 'Wild Thing'


The third is Phaius Nun's Cap


Jim

Ursula, back to your question. I have never tried to grow a Bollea orchid primarilly because like Zygos, I consider them cool season growers. These orchids come from deep in the rain forest in South America so they like wet, cool and shade. I have one Zygo that struggles along and now this Bollo. What possessed me to buy it is a mystery but at least I got it to bloom.

Jim

Love those Phaius! If my tankervilla ever blooms for me, I might have to get wild thing.

I just happened to notice Bletilia yokohama 'Kate' p.p.a.f. is blooming.

Jim

ooo! that's a pretty one!

Oh, I WANT those cool Phaius plants!!!!~!

Thanks, Jim. Regarding Bolleas and Zygos - so again, the cool growers can tolerate perhaps one NJ Summer and perk up a bit over the Winter and then really decline the next Summer. Most of the time the hybrids are a bit more forgiving.

The Phaius are beautiful, I do like all three! and the Bletilla is a cutie! Here in NJ the Bletillas are just waking up, I see ca one inch tips coming up.

Mine are way up in their pots, too.

Thanks for that Jim. I just looked up Bolleas and there flowers are weird but very nice. Ive never heard of them. You know what i do habe trouble with apart from rotting any Phals in pots, the few Oncidiums i have never bloom, i have some big healthy plants in alot of light and get fertilized with my other orchids but no flowers..and i thought they were ment to be the easier to grow, like they say Phals are i supose. maybe my humiditity isnt high enough.
Rlc. Kat E-Sun is flowering again.

Beautiful phaius, Jim. "Wild Thing" is on my list for next year. All of ours have bloomed now and will be going outside in the shade until next fall. Bree, that yellow really pops.

Bree, very nice and bright!

I'm loving the March Bloom Show everyone ... What beauties you all grow!

Ursula: I really like that one called Jumellea comorensis in your first post ... what a cutie!

tarev: That Dendrobium smilliae is really pretty ... so different!

I Love the colors in the Rhyntonleya Rosellas 'Little Leopard'.

Jim: Phaius tankervilliae Dan Rosenberg 'Tropical Ice' is absolutely gorgeous ... I have to add that one to my must have list!

We've been having so much winds the past couple of weeks that many of my plants are ratty from being blown around. Plants hanging in the Photinia shrubs along the back of my deck have been blown out of the tree and onto the ground. I got tired of picking up plants on the deck and just left them tipped over until these winds decide to calm down. We've had gusts of 30mph and higher lately. Here's what's blooming in my neck of the woods ... a bit ratty and bug bitten from being outside all the time but I still enjoy their blooms.

Phaius tankervilliae ................. and ......... Oncidium (Tolumnia):


Encyleyvola 'Surprise' (Bc. Binosa x E. plicata var. alba) - and a White Phalaenopsis:


I've had this plant for a long time, one whose tag was lost and I can't for the life of me remember the name ... all of my info is gone since my laptop crashed and all files were lost a few years ago. After that happening twice I try to remember to do backups on a regular basis nowadays!



edited to remove the name Tolumnia Jairak Rainbow 'Freckle Face' because I think that plant has the wrong tag stuck in it. I looked at some older photo's and the bloom doesn't match!

group shot in the greenhouse

Great show Bree, Lin and Lindsey!

Yes, very pretty! Looking good Lin!
Lindsey, that is a gorgeous group shot!

Lindsey: I agree, that is a beautiful grouping ... love all the color!

I wish I had more patience to be a better orchid grower. My plants are a bit ratty looking most of the time but I sure love it when they decide to grace me with a bloom or two. The noid Catt in my last photo above ... two spikes, (one with two buds, the other with two blooms) got broken off from these atrocious winds about an hour ago ... I should have moved the plant inside! Another Orchid I have mounted on a slab of wood got blown off the plant stand out on the deck and I found it with broken leaves and part of the wooden slab broken. Mother Nature isn't playing nice lately.

Lin, it's good to hear from you and all of those lovely orchids are a bonus. I really like the Encyclia.

Lindsey, nice family photo.

Last fall I found a pot with just dirt in in so I put it in the recycle pile and forgot about it. Yesterday, I needed a pot and my search turned up this surprise Bletilla straita 'Big Bob' coming up in that old pot.


The Sarcoglottis sceptrodes has opened and I would like to enter it in the weird orchid of the month contest.


Here is an update on the Cattleya maxima. It's one of my favorites.


This is my Dendrobium Nobile hybrid. Years ago I found this orchid on the orphan table at HD with a Cattleya tag on it. Check out the number of flowers on this plant.


I couldn't resist taking another shot of Psychopsis Mendenhall alba 'Yellow Butterfly'.


A second bloom has opened on the Bollopetalum Midnight Blue 'Cardinal's Roost'.


Bulbophyllum mandibulare has opened a second bloom.


Jim

Wow Jim, what a show! That Dendrobium Nobile hybrid is one outstanding plant ... beautiful!

Wonderful show, Jim! The Dendrobium nobile x is a beauty! Nice healthy plant!
I see you got into the shadow puppet spirit, the Sarcoglottis pictures are simply fun! I love those little green ducks bills.

Love the B. striata! And such persistence!